Electric battery.



No. 743,275.. PATENTED Nov'. 3, 1903. H. HALsBY. ELECTRIC BATTERY.APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. 1903. N0 MODEL.

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' UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY IIALSEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HALSEY ELECTRIC GENERATORCOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ELECTRIC BATTERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent N o. 743,275, dated November3, 1903.

Application filed June 23, 1903. Serial No. 162.696. (No model.)

high eiiciency and may be readilyassembled and manipulated.

In the present battery the electrodes are suspended from a cover, so asto be removable from the electrolyte when the battery is not in use, andare so arranged as to be entirely immersed when the cover is inposition. The movable electrode is mounted in hangers attached to theunder side of the cover, which latter carries a suitable drivingmechanism. The current may be collected by conductors embedded in thehangers contacting with the electrode and suitably insulated from theelectrolyte, so as not to be attacked thereby, or the current may becollected by a brush, as described in my copending application, SerialNo. 138,447, filed January 8, 1903. I have chosen to illustrate herein aconstruction by which the current can be taken out through the hangers,though I do not wish to be restricted to that manner of collecting thecurrent. The movable electrode is preferably composed of a number ofparallel disks mounted on a shaft, and the fixed electrode preferablycomprises a number of independent plates electrically connected to abinding-post on the cover. As the positive electrode frequently needsrenewal, it is important to devise some way of mounting it, so that thiscan be readily accomplished without disturbing the other parts of thebattery. In the construction I am about to describe the several platesof the positive electrode may be easily and quickly changed whendesired.

The invention willbe more particularly described with reference to theform thereof which- 4cover, as shown in Fig. 2.

Figure 1 is an end view, partly in section, of my new battery. Fig. 2 isa side view showin g the cover carrying the electrodes detached. Fig. 3is a reduced plan view of the cover, showing the electrical connections.

1 is a casing or receptacle adapted to contain the electrolyte andhaving a cover 2.

3 is a shaft having insulation 4,carried in the hangers 5, which aredovetailed into the Each hanger com- 6o prises a metallic rod 6,surrounded by insulation 7 and having a bearing-ring at its lower end inwhich the shaft 3 rotates. The rods 6 are threaded at their upper endsand have nuts 8 for attaching them to the cover. The 65 hangers areconnected by a metallic plate 9, which carries a binding-post 10. (SeeFig. 3.)

The positive electrode is composed of a number of plates 1S, which aresupported in a frame 13, carried by rods 12, depending 7o from thecover. The plates 18 are retained at the lower ends by groovesv 19 inframe 13 and at their upper ends are supported by the spring-clips 15 inslots 16 in the cover, the clips 15 being carried by plates 14, which 75also carry a binding post 11. The under side of the cover is suitablygrooved to permit the plates 15 to slide into position. The cut-awayportion 25 in the plates 15 permits the plates to clear shaft 4 insliding into and 8o out of position. A

`A suitable gear 2O is provided upon one of the disks of the movableelectrode, and this gear meshes with a pinion 21, carried by shaft 22,which is mounted in suitable bear 85 ings on the cover and may be drivenby any convenient means through the medium of pulley 24.

Any suitable material may be used for the rods 6 and the shaft 4; but Ihave found 9o Tobin bronze to be well adapted for the purpose, as it hasa high conductivity'and will not be readily attacked by the electrolyteshould the insulation wear 0E. 4

It will be understood that the parts above described may be modified andarranged to meet individual conditions, and I therefore desire it to beunderstood that I do not herein limit myself to the specificconstruction shown and described.

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Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a battery, the combination With acasing, of a cover carrying bothelectrodes, lone being movable and carried in depending hangers,substantially as described.

2. In a battery, the combination with a casing, of a cover carrying bothelectrodes, one being movable and carried in depending hangers, andmeans for collecting the current from said movable electrodes throughthe han gers, substantially as described.

3. Ina battery, the combination with a casing, of a cover carrying bothelectrodes, one being movable and carried in depending hangers ofconducting material, substantially as described.

4. In a battery, the combination with a casing, and a fixed electrode,of a cover carrying depending hangers, and a movable electrode supportedby said hangers, substantially as described.

5. In a battery, a cover, a fixed electrode, a movable electrode carriedin hangers, and means for collecting current through the hangers,substantially as described.

6. In a battery, the combination of a movable electrode supported inhangers, with a fixed electrode supported in a frame, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a battery, a casing, a cover, hangers depending therefrom carryinga movable electrode, said hangers being composed of conducting material,a plate connecting said hangers, and a fixed electrode, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a battery, the combination of a movable electrode supported inhangers, with a fixed electrode supported in a frame, said parts beingcarried by a cover, substantially as described.

9. In a battery, a cover, a fixed electrode removably supported thereby,a movable electrode carried in hangers, and means for collecting thecurrent through the hangers, substantially as described.

10. In a battery, a cover, a tixed electrode removably supportedthereby, a clip holding the electrode in place, said clip engaging withthe cover, a movable electrode carried in hangers, and means forcollecting the current through the hangers, substantially as described.

11. In a battery, the combination with the casing, of a cover, a pair ofhangers carried thereby, said hangers being composed of insulatingmaterial, and bearings of conducting material embedded in said hangersand adapted to support a movable electrode, substantially as described.

12. In a battery, the combination with the casing, of a cover, a pair ofhangers carried thereby, said hangers being composed of insulatingmaterial, bearings of conducting material carrying a movable electrodeand turning in said bearings, and insulating material covering saidshaft and cooperating with the insulating material of the hangers toprotect said bearings, substantially as described.

13. In a battery, the combination with a casing and a top, of a movableelectrode carried in hangers depending from the top, a fixed electrodecomprising one or more plates having cut-out portions adapted to permitthe movable electrode to be entirely immersed, and means for collectingcurrent from said electrodes, substantially as described.

14. In a battery, the combination With a casing and a top, of a movableelectrode carried in hangers depending from the top,a fixed electrodecomprising one or more plates having cut-out portions adapted to permitthe movable electrode to be entirely immersed, and means on the top forcollecting the current from said electrodes, substantially as described.

15. In a battery, the combination with a casing and a top, of a movableelectrode carried in hangers depending from the top, a gear- Wheelmounted on the top and driving said movable electrode, a fixed electrodecomprising one or more plates having cut-out portions to permit themovable electrode to be entirely immersed, and means for collecting thecurrent from said electrodes, substantially as described.

-In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY HALsEY. Witnesses:

ANTHONY J. ERNEST, GEORGE N. KEER.

